Best all-time Marlins players from every U.S. state and foreign country

[Ely Sussman]

I'm passing along John Rodriguez's extensive research on the best players in Marlins franchise history based on their state and country of origin. The players represent 45 different U.S. states and 24 countries/territories.

The graphics are color-coded by era—teal for players whose peak Marlins seasons were prior to 2012, orange for 2012-2018 and Miami Blue for 2019 or later.

 

Best Marlins players by U.S. state

• Alabama - Juan Pierre
• Alaska - Chad Bentz
• Arizona - Brian Banks
• Arkansas - A.J. Burnett
• California - Giancarlo Stanton
• Colorado - Jordan Holloway
• Connecticut - Carl Pavano
• Delaware - Joey Wendle
• Florida - Charles Johnson
• Georgia - Kevin Brown
• Hawaii - Charlie Hough
• Indiana - Craig Counsell
• Iowa - Derek Hill
• Kansas - Brad Ziegler
• Kentucky - Dan Uggla
• Louisiana - Pat Rapp
• Maine - N/A
• Maryland - Chris Coghlan
• Massachusetts - Steve Cishek
• Michigan - Jon Berti
• Minnesota - Josh Johnson
• Mississippi - Corey Dickerson
• Nebraska - Pat Venditte
• Nevada - Brandon Kintzler
• New Hampshire - Jeff Locke
• New Jersey - Al Leiter
• New Mexico - Cody Ross
• New York - Tom Koehler
• North Carolina - Cameron Maybin
• North Dakota - Rick Helling
• Ohio - Tanner Scott
• Oklahoma - J.T. Realmuto
• Oregon - Cole Gillespie
• Rhode Island - N/A
• South Carolina - Preston Wilson
• South Dakota - N/A
• Tennessee - Bryan Harvey
• Texas - Josh Beckett
• Utah - Payton Henry
• Vermont - N/A
• Virginia - Mat Latos
• Washington - Jeff Conine
• West Virginia - N/A
• Wisconsin - Jonah Bride 

 

Best Marlins players by country/U.S. territory

• Australia - Mark Hutton
• Brazil - Andre Rienzo
• Bahamas - Jazz Chisholm Jr.
• Canada - Ryan Dempster
• Colombia - Edgar Rentería
• Cuba - José Fernández
• Curacao - Ralph Milliard
• Dominican Republic - Hanley Ramírez
• Germany - Jeff Baker
• Hong Kong - Austin Brice
• Jamaica - Devon White
• Japan - Ichiro Suzuki
• Mexico - Alfredo Amézaga
• Netherlands - Rick van den Hurk
• Nicaragua -  Oswaldo Mairena 
• Panama - Carlos Lee
• Peru - Jesús Luzardo
• Puerto Rico - Mike Lowell
• South Korea - Hee-Seop Choi
• Taiwan - Wei-Yin Chen
• US Virgin Islands - Jerry Browne